Oleksandr Usyk: record, next fight and profile →
Promoter Alex Krayssuk hopes Oleksandr Usyk’s mental strength is the key attribute needed to dethrone WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and become undisputed champion later this month in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
With less than three weeks before his highly anticipated rematch with Mairis Briedis on the Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk undercard in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jai Opetaia says he is “the new generation of great” for the cruiserweight division.
There is less than a month to go until the heavyweight unification showpiece between Tyson Fury, the WBC champion, and Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the WBA, WBO and IBF titles, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Jason Langendorf scans the boxing scene for rare moments of bliss. This week, there were upsets in the air, a promotional film with some suspect backers and a bit of jawing between fifty-something frenemies.
Promoter Alexander Krassyuk is bewildered by Turki Alalshikh’s recent claims that British fighters are the best in the world ahead of the unified heavyweight championship bout between Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs) and Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24KOs) next month. The influential Alalshikh made the comments during a press conference last week in Morecambe. Fury spoke to the media ahead of the undisputed heavyweight affair with Usyk in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 18.
Boxing’s traditional arenas – in Las Vegas, London, etc. – are now darker more often because of the emergence of major fight cards in Saudi Arabia.
Anthony Joshua Waits in the Wings for Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk to Play Out